Showing papers on "Cognitive map published in 1976"
TL;DR: Analysis of the cognitive maps generated when Ss were asked to imagine either the room rotating or themselves moving within the room (perspective-taking) revealed that the accuracy and completeness of the mental manipulation increased dramatically with age, indicating mental manipulation was a two-stage process.
Abstract: Comparison of cognitive maps generated by first graders, fifth graders, and college students using a triangulation task revealed that the first graders possessed very accurate, coherent cognitive maps. However, analyses of the cognitive maps generated when Ss were asked to imagine either the room rotating (mental rotation) or themselves moving within the room (perspective-taking) revealed that the accuracy and completeness of the mental manipulation increased dramatically with age. Only the cognitive maps of the college students were coherent and accurate during mental rotation than during perspective-taking. Careful attention was given to the types of errors made, and several systematic error patterns were identified which reflected qualitative differences. These qualitative differences indicated mental manipulation was a two-stage process. In the first stage, a strategy of transformation was applied to the ordinal spatial relationships contained within the cognitive map. First graders evidenced difficulty here. In the second stage, more specific relationships between self and spatial layout were reconstructed. Fifth graders evidenced difficulty here. In contrast, college students were able to complete both stages of the process.
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TL;DR: This paper analyzed the shape and structure of cognitive maps at the national scale and identified the basic elements underlying their formation, and found that cognitive maps comprehensively influence man's spatial behaviour yet the nature of these constructs is largely unknown.
Abstract: Pacione M. (1976) Shape and structure in cognitive maps of Great Britain, Reg. Studies 10, 275–283. Cognitive maps comprehensively influence man's spatial behaviour yet the nature of these constructs is largely unknown. Previous studies have depicted the revealed cognitive maps of different geographic spaces but little attention has been given to their structure. The present study analyses the shape of cognitive maps at the national scale and identifies the basic elements underlying their formation.
8 citations
01 Jan 1976
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the potential of the cognitive process approach for explaining and predicting the behavior of high level foreign policy decision-makers, which is also known as the operational code or cognitive mapping approach.
Abstract: In the last five years there have been signs of growing interest in research on the cognitive processes of policy makers. Scholars who are working in this area, which is also known as the operational code or the cognitive mapping approach, believe that “the approach is indeed ripe as a domain for substantial further progress” (Axelrod, 1976). In this paper I intend to discuss the potential of the cognitive process approach for explaining and predicting the behavior of high level foreign policy decision-makers.
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